STUDY Trade Unions in Transformation New Horizons for the Hemispheric Trade Union Movement: The Trade Union Confederation of the Americas(TUCA) CECILIA ANIGSTEIN November 2017 n Representing a diverse membership of 50 million workers from Canada to Argen­tina, TUCA has since its inception in 2008 been successful to make trade unions a progressive political force in the Americas. Starting with a call for internal reform, putting democratisation and unity of the trade union movement first, it has built a common language and positions on socio-political developments in the region. n TUCA’s ability to intervene politically, while maintaining political autonomy and con­structing a broad alliance with social movements, political parties and progressive governments, were key ingredients to overcome structural limitations on workers’ collective action. In times of a right wing backlash in many countries in the region, these skills of building unity and alliances are called upon to sustaining the gains made during the last decade. n Trade Unions in Transformation is an FES project that identifies unions’ power re­sources and capabilities that contribute to successful trade union action. This study features among two dozen case studies from around the world demonstrating how unions have transformed to get stronger.